About the role and team
Working at Uber means solving hard problems in a high-stakes, fast-moving environment. As an Application Developer, you will design, develop, and maintain the digital glue that drives productivity across our global workforce. You will play a pivotal role in modernizing how we work, acting as a critical link between complex business needs and the scalable technical solutions that power our ecosystem.
This isn't just about managing tools; it's about building for real-world impact where performance and reliability can't be separated. You will navigate the "messy" reality of large-scale enterprise environments, shifting priorities, and technical debt to build seamless automation. We are looking for a technically curious engineer who stays calm under pressure, takes extreme ownership of their work, and is motivated by the challenge of making movement - both digital and physical - more efficient. If you’re energized by the chance to build tools that thousands of your peers rely on every day, this is where you’ll grow.
What you’ll do
- Design and build efficient data pipelines and queries to support critical business controls, risk metrics, and reporting.
- Build cross-platform integrations between messaging and productivity apps to streamline business processes like onboarding, approvals, and compliance.
- Navigate high-ambiguity requirements to ship practical, scalable solutions while balancing the trade-offs of fast-paced enterprise needs.
- Partner cross-functionally with IT Security, Legal, and Engineering teams to ensure all tools meet high standards for privacy, traceability, and global security.
- Own the operational lifecycle of your tools, from initial design docs to debugging production issues and handling high-stakes escalations.
- Champion engineering best practices like code health and documentation, ensuring your solutions are maintainable even as internal platforms evolve.
Basic Qualifications
- 4+ years of professional experience in software development or IT automation roles in an enterprise setting.
- Consistently writes high-quality code to solve features of moderate complexity with multiple dependencies.
- Experience writing tests and establishing monitoring and alerting systems to ensure code reliability.
- Track record of troubleshooting production incidents independently and participating in on-call rotations for critical tools.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Expertise in enterprise-scale administration and automation frameworks
- Proficiency in Python, SQL, and LLM frameworks such as LangChain or RAG-based architectures.
- Demonstrated ability to navigate high-ambiguity environments and build collaborative relationships with stakeholders to deliver features.
- Strong leadership traits with experience onboarding team members and contributing to a culture of engineering excellence.
Ready to Ride?
This isn't the kind of place where you follow a playbook — it's where you help write one. If you're driven by impact, energized by challenge, and ready to shape how the world moves — we'd love to hear from you.
You may be eligible for bonuses, equity, and other compensation, as well as a range of benefits. Explore our benefits.
Offices remain key to collaboration and Uber's culture. Unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in-office. Some roles, like those at greenlight hubs, require full-time in-office presence. Ask your Recruiter for details about this role's requirements.
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.
Skills Required
- 4+ years of professional experience in software development or IT automation roles in an enterprise setting
- Ability to write high-quality code for features of moderate complexity with multiple dependencies
- Experience writing tests and establishing monitoring and alerting systems
- Experience troubleshooting production incidents independently and participating in on-call rotations
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience
- Expertise in enterprise-scale administration and automation frameworks
- Proficiency in Python, SQL, and LLM frameworks such as LangChain or RAG-based architectures
- Ability to navigate high-ambiguity environments and build collaborative stakeholder relationships
- Leadership experience onboarding team members and contributing to engineering excellence
Uber Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Uber and has not been reviewed or approved by Uber.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies provide a minimum of fully paid parental leave for all parents and financial support for fertility, adoption, and surrogacy, with added credits to ease the transition. Programs extend to family medical leave and parenting support resources, indicating depth beyond baseline offerings.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive across many countries, with medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and mental health benefits, plus allowances where direct plans are not available. Wellness programs and reimbursements further reinforce access to care.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Monthly ride and meal credits, free office meals/snacks, fitness stipends, onsite gyms, and wellbeing reimbursements create meaningful everyday value. Home‑office stipends, travel medical coverage, and counseling support round out lifestyle-oriented perks.
Uber Insights
What We Do
We are Uber. The go-getters. The kind of people who are relentless about our mission to help people go anywhere and get anything. Movement is what we do. It’s our lifeblood. It runs through our veins. It’s what gets us out of bed each morning. It pushes us to constantly reimagine how we can move better. For you. For all the places you want to go. For all the things you want to get. For all the ways you want to earn. Across the entire world. In real-time. At the incredible speed of now.
Why Work With Us
We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let’s move the world forward, together.
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